![]() ![]() So, Charlotte and Anne included their own poems when they approached a publisher. When Charlotte read some of Emily’s poems, she saw great literary merit but not enough poems to fill a volume. They had hoped to establish their own school at Haworth, but when their plan failed, turned to writing as a means of earning an income. ![]() Their first foray into the world of publishing was a slim volume of poetry. The youngest sister, Anne, was Acton Bell. The Bronte sisters also hoped to preserve their privacy by using pen names.Ĭharlotte wrote under the name, Currer Bell. In Victorian times, female writers were seen as less competent than male writers. Each sister chose the name of a man and passed themselves off as brothers when they offered their books up to book publishers. These three talented sisters created several novels, written, at first, in secret, and published under fictitious names. The Bronte sisters were the daughters of a clergyman, Patrick Bronte who lived in Haworth, Yorkshire, England in the first half of the 19th century. ![]()
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